Water-lifter for irrigating.



O. MILLER.

WATER LIFTER FOR IRRIGATING.

APPLICATION men JUNE 9. 1914.

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WATER LIFTER FORMIRRIGATING.

APPLICATION men lUNE a. 1914.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

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Inventor Attorneys inmate.

pnrrsn s'ra'rns earner orrrcn OB-VILLE MILLER, ,OF COLORADO SERINGS, COLORADO,

WATER-LIFTER roe IRRIeA'rING.

To all whom it may concern "Be it known that I, ORVILLE MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso andState of Colorado, have invented a new and useful WVater-Lifter for Irrigating, of

Y which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is an elevator adapted to be employed for raising water out of shallow pools and wells, the device being of peculiar 'efliciency in localities which, although arid on the surface, carry, at a few feet below the surface of the soil, an adequate supply of water which will collect readily when a ditch 'or trench is dug.

' devices of that type to which the present invention appertalns. Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangementofparts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed canbe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from'the spirit of the invention.

In theaccomnanyina drawing :Figure 1 is a side elevation Fig. 2 is a detail per- 'spective of the convever; Fig. 3 is a top plan; Fi 4 is a detail perspecti e showing a part of the conveyer support; Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the means for shifting the bearings.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a base denoted generallv by the numeral 1. the base including side bars 3 connected by an end bar '2,"nrojectine' terminallv beyond the side bars 3. and braces 4 which connect the ends of the bar 2 with the intermediate portions of the bar 3.

Fixed to and upstanding from the base 1 intermediate its ends is a rear frame 5. comprising uprights 6 secured at their lower ends to the side bars 3 of the base, the uprights being connected at their upper ends by a cross bar 7 and braces 8 extending in downwardly slanting relation from the up Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed June 9, 1914. Serial No. 844,061.

rights 6 t0 the point of juncture between; theslde bars 3 and the end bar 2 of the base.

A forward frame 9 is provided, the same including uprights 10 attached to the side bars 3 of the base and laterally extended buttresses 11 connected with the uprights and projecting beyond the side bars 3, the upper ends of the uprightslO being connected by a cross bar 12.

.7 The uprights 6 are connected with the uprights lOby means of ties 1 1, and counters 15 extend diagonally of the rectangles de fined by the uprights 6, the uprights 10, the ties 14c and the side bars 3 of the base.

Thrust bearings 16 are secured to the uprights 6 and thrust bearings 17 are secured to the side bars 3. Screws 18 are mounted for rotation in the thrust bearings 16 and 17 but are held against longitudinal move-V ment therein. The screws 18 are threaded into bearings 19 carrying bolts 21 which are mounted to slide in slots 22 formed in the uprights 6.

The invention includes a conveyer support 23 including a pair of side frames. Each side frame of the conveyer support 23 comprisesa top bar 24, a bottom bar 25, a rear end bar 26 and a forward end bar 27. the side frames being reinforced by diagonal counters 28 and the forward end bars 27 of the respective side frames being united by an arch 29. Journaled for rotation in the rear end bars 26 is a shaft 30 which is journaled-alsoin the bearings 19. Mounted on the forward end bars 27 of the conveyer support are bearings 31 in which is journaled a shaft 32. Attached to the shafts 32 HD6130 are disks 33 provided with peripheral notches 34.

' The c nveyer proper is made up of links 7 35 united by pivot pins 36 on the ends of which are journaled rollers 37. each roller including a sleeve 38 which. as the convever travels around the disks 33, is received in the notches 34 therein. The rollers 37 traverse the horizontal flanges of the top and bottom bars 24 and 25 respectively, of the conve ver support, it being observed that these bars like practically all of the other bars used in the device, are angle members. At its rear end. each top bar 34 is split as shown at 39, and the ends of its flanges are deflected, to form a lateral guiding tongue 40 and a downwardly extending guiding tongue 41, these tongues, and particularly the tongue 41, coacting with the rollers 37 'uprights 6.

to guide the same onto the horizontal flanges of-the top bars 24 as the conveyer moves about the disks 33.

Mounted in opposed links of the conveyer chain are pivot pins 42 supporting buckets 43. The knuckle 44 formed in the bottom of each bucket 43 is adapted to rest upon the pin 36.

Mounted on the uprights 6 near their upper ends are bearings 45 in which is j ournaled forrotationa shaft 46, actuated by a crank 47 or any other suitable element. Se

cured to the shaft 46 is a roller 48, the shaft 46 carrying a ratchet wheel 49 adapted to be engaged by a pawl 50 pivoted on one of the A pair of flexible elements 51 are secured to and trained about the roller 48. The flexible elements 51 pass over a pair of sheaves 52 j ournaled on the uprights 10', the ends of the flexible elements 51 being connected as shown at 53 to the arch 29 of upon the ground, near to a well, ditch or the like, from which water is to be withdrawn. Then, the pawl 50 isdisengaged from the ratchet wheel'49 and the shaft 46 isrpermitted to rotate, the flexible elements 51 being paid out, and the rear end of the conveyer support 23 being lowered, the support pivoting on the shaft 30. In this manner,

the operative end of the conveyer support 23 may be raised or lowered to the desired extent, and, at any time, the co'nveyer support may be held in adjusted position by engaging the pawl 50 with the ratchet wheel 49. When the device is not in use and when it is necessary to transport the structure, the conveyer support 23 maybe raised through the medium of the roller 48 and the flexible elements 51 until the conveyer support is lifted up far enough so that the buckets 43 will be located above the base 1 of the main frame. 1

In operation, motion is transmitted to the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Goinmissioner ot Patents shaft 30 through the medium of the shaft same is being actuated through the medium 7 of'the shaft 30. V 7

By the operation above described, the water will be bailed out by the buckets 43 and will be carried up and dumped.

The bolts 21 which move in the slots 22 of the uprights 6 act as guides for the movable bearings 19, and act, also, as clamping de- V70 vices adapted to be tightened up, thereby to take the weight of the movable bearings and parts carried thereby off the actuating screws 18. I 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is V In a water lifter, a base including uprights provided with longitudinal slots; thrust bearings assembled with the uprights; screws journaledfor rotation in the thrust bearings and held against longitudi nal movement therein; movable bearings slidable, on the uprights, the screws being threaded into the movable bearings; clamp ing devices on the movable bearings and slidable in the slots to act as guides, the

clamping devices being adapted to be tightened up to take the weight of'the mov- 1 able bearings and partscarried therebyoff thescrews; a shaft journaled for rotation in the movable bearings, a conveyer frame mounted to swing on thevshaft; a Wheel carried by the shaft; a wheel carried by the conveyer frame; a conveyer trained around the wheels; a gear wheel carried by theshaft andlocated in one of the movable bearings, a second shaft ournaled 1n the said movable bearings; means for-actuatingthe second shaft; and a pinion carried'by the second shaft and meshinginto the gear wheel."

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses,

ORV-ILLE MILLER,

Witnesses:

J. W. CAMPBELL, J. T. GREGORY;

Washington, D. G. 

